Basket-machine.



U. HARLEY.

BASKET MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 11,111.26, 1912.

Patented May 13, 1913.

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-NI/ENTOR WITNESSES C. HARLEY.

BASKET MACHINE APPLICATION FILMS MAR. 26,1912.'

Patente@ May 13,1913.

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" CHARLES HARLEY, oF LUDINGTON, MICHIG AN, Assieivo'n To LUDINGTONBASKET COMPANY, OF LUDINGTON, MII-IIGAN.

. BASKET-MACHINE.

To all whom t may concern.' Be it known that I, CHARLES HARLEY, acitizen of the United States, residing at Ludingtom in the county ofMason and State of Michigan, have invented certain nev,T and usefulImprovements in Basket- I Machiiies, of .which the following is aspeci-A fication.

My 'invention relates to. improvements inbasket machines, and refersparticularly to a machine forlstapling the hoops of the baskets as theyare brought upon the basket forms.

The leading object of the invention is the provision of a basket machineembodying means whereby a basket may be stapled upon one form whileanother basket is being put in place for thelstapling operation, therebyeffecting an appreciable saving in time and great-ly increasing thecapacity of the 'machine.

Another object of the invention is to. provide a swinging stapling headwhich can be turned upon its bearings from one form to another to enablea continuous operation of the machine. y i A further 0b.] ect of theinvention is to provide an automatic locking device for the swingingstapling head whereby the head may be swung into the desired positionover the form and then locked in position until the stapling operationhas been completed.

A further obj ect 'of the invention is to provide a basket machinehaving rotatable basket forms` whereby the forms may be rotated apredetermined distance for properly spacing the staples. v

Another object of the invention is to pro vide a basket machinehavingbasket followers adapted to advance and recede from the basketforms tocrowd the web-upon the forms, which followers may be controlledin their movement at all times bythe operator. Ano-ther object of the'invention is the provision of a basket machine which can be easilycontrolled and which will be of ex-v" tremely simple and practicalconstruction, highly efficient in operation, and lwhich will provea verydesirable improvement over machines no-w in use by reason of its vasttime-saving qualities.

The inventionresides in the provision of' abasket machine embodyingcertain novel features of construction and combinations of Specificationof Letters Patent.

parts for service, substantially as shown, de-

scribed aiid claimed hereinafter.

Patented May 1s, 1913. Application-ined March 26, 1912. Serial No.686,391. l 'i ln order that the details, of construction i drawings abasket machine constructed in accordance with and embodying theprinciples; ofmy invention, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of abasket machine kconstructed in accordance with and embodyingthe'principlesof the invention and showing a basket follower advanced tocrowd theweb o f the material upon one of. the basket forms, thehammerbeing in position to perform the stapling operation. Fig. 2 is anenlarged verticalsectional View on line 2--2 of Fig. 1, illustratingclearly the main operating improvement. 4

In ,the drawings the numerl 1 designates the base ofthe machine,comprising a pair of horizontal, parallel beams 2, mounted on whichintermediate their length is a frame for supporting and guiding thest-apling mechanism, said frameconsisting of two vertically dispose'dparallel supports 4, spaced apart and firmly secured to the beams 2.Mounted on the upperends ofthe supports is a cylindrical bearing 5,having` a flange 6 bolted to the supports. This bearing 5 is providedwi'tli a central bore -7 to receive t-he shank 8 of vthe lower Staplinghead 9. The shank 8 has a ang'eQ, provvided on its under side with aball race ,10,

adapted to engage the balls 11 seated ,in the parts which'y comprise myrace-12on the upper. face'ofthe bearing 5.

The shank 8 has its lower end screw-threaded and receives a.. nut;13,provided with a ball race 14 cut in its upper face tocarry balls 15interposed between said raceanda iacel16 cut in the leXtreme lower faceof the bearing 5, thereby providing .can anti-friction support for thestapling head.

The stapling'head has` a'vertical central bore 17 to receive and guidethe reciprocating hammer shaft 18, which in turn carries the hammer head19 at its upper endl yThe Istapling head9 and hammer head-19 carry theusual wire reels 20, wire feed 21, and staple cutting and driving bars22, which are of the well known type. r

The hammer shaft 18 is vertically slidable within the'head 9 and has areduceddowei A en end 23 on which is mounted a collar 24 held loosely inplace by the j am nuts 25. The cllar is provided with two diametricallyopposite smooth openings 26 to receive the smooth ends of short bolts 27carried by the bifurcated member Orcross head 28, adjusty ably connectedto the connecting rod 29,

which in turn `is connected to the crank 30 of the stapler operatingshaft 31. The shaft i 31 carries at one end a drive wheel 32 and clutchmembers 33 adapted to be thrown` the frame are hollow basket forms 36,each provided with properly spaced staple clenching rings 37 on theirouter periphery,

and on their internal edges with suitable `ratchet teeth 38'to` beengaged by the ratchet dogs 39 and 40, co-nnected by links 41 to-operating levers 42, mounted on a rock shafty 43, journaled in bearings43 formed on the supports 4. These levers are operated between limitpins 44 carried by arms 45 pr0` jected from the supports 4. The dogs 39and serve to rotate the basket form in one direction while eachlever ismoved ,in two directions;

As shown in the drawings there are two clamping followers, and as theirconstruc- A' tion and operation is identical, a description of one willsuffice.

followers 46 are rotatably mounted on'the 'ends of shafts 47, each ofwhich is carried by a cross head 48 sliding on suitablev guides 49,carried by the frame 50. To the outer end of the shaft 47 is pivoted arod 51, con-4 nected bya wrist pin to a crank disk 52, secured to theupper end of a vertical shaft y53, vmounted .in suitable bearingbrackets and carrying at its lower end a gear 54 in mesh with a gear 55carried by a horizontal power' 'shaft 56 mounted in supports( 56 risingfromthe frame bars 2, and driven by a drive wheel 56 connected to asuitable driving i agency. From this construction, it will be seen thatwhen, the foot lever 57 is depressed, it will rock the clutch shiftingarms 58, and 'power from the shaft 56 will be imparted throughv thegears 55, 54, shaft 53, crank disk 52, rod 51, and shaft 47 to move thefollower 46 to-ward the form. and thereb ysecurely clamp the bottom ofthe basket while the sides thereof are formed and'the hoops are beingplaced in position for stapling, as shown in Fig. l.

Fixed tothe flange G of the bearing 5 is aV spring actuated bolt 60adapted to engage lnot-ches "61 in the, iange`9 to lock the The basketclamping .this vstapling operation has been going on,

. pler.

stapling head in stapling position over each basket form. Supported bythe beams 2- and located adjacent each form is a work support and guide62 for guiding the stock vwhile the basket is being formed. The mem- .7,ber G2 is a guide or' centering device of well known construction suchfor instance as shown in the patent to Reed, No. 601,778; In operation,the partially interwoven stock material to'be `made into a basket. isplaced against the end of the form 3 6, the foot lever 57 is depressedand will, through the medium of the above described vvconnections causethe follower to advance toward. the form and clamp and shape the bottom8, of the basket, the extending ends of the stock being manuallyinterwoven andwheld by hoops and 7 1.` The edges of the stock havingbeen trimmed, the 'basket is ready to be'stapled. VThe latch 60 is nowopened 8 and the stapling head swung into position by means of thehandle 72, the bolt 6() automatically locking the l'iead inthis-position;A The operator now shifts the lever 34, which throws theclutch 33't0 transmit power from 9( the power wheel 32 to the shaft 31,which -having its crank 30 connected by the rod 29, member 28, andcollar 24 to the hammer shaft 18, will cause the head 19, carrying theplungers 22 to descend once to each revolution ofthe shaft 31. Thestapleplungers'22 always come into alinement with the clenching rings 37, andit will thusbe seen` that two staples are driven and clenched at once.

A s the hammer head begins its upward movemenh'the operator, by means ofthe lever 42, rod 41, and dogs 39 and 40 causes the form to revolve apredetermined distance for properly spacing the staples. After theproper number of staples have been driven into the hoops, the leverv-34is released and is thrown outof operative povsitio-n by the spring 35,which will stop the` stapling mechanism. The lever 57 is again depressedlong enoughv for the disk 52, to revolve one half revolution withdrawingthe followerv from the form and the finished basket may be readilyremoved, and while another basket was formed on the opposite basket formand is now ready' for the sta7 The corresponding follower is Anowadvanced to this form by means of the foot lever and parts, the staplinghead is swung l2 upon its bearings so as to be positioned directly abovethe form and the hammer reciprocated in its bearings to drive thestaples.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, it will be readilyvseen that I have providedsimple, durable, and .highly vpractical and eicient mechanism forAaccomplishing the objects heretofore setforth. 13

. ing machine, itwill of course be under-v i at a right: angle to thehorizontal axes of i head adapted to be positioned above any 40.

I. the axes of the forms for crowdingthe material thereupon.

thereupon.

qnism, means for positioning and locking 'plication of the principles,but reserve the line with the axes of the forms and in oppo-v .rotatablebasket forms, ,a stapling mecha- 'the axes of t-he basket forms andarranged with a plurality of axially opposing rotata- Awith a pluralityof rotatable basket forms,

`pendently operated .l basket forms, of a While I have shown anddescribed my invention in connection with a basket .formstood that I donot limit myself to this ap.-

right to'employ the invention in any capac@ ity where it would performits functions.

I claim 1. A basket-machine, comprising rotatable basket forms' disposed`in horizontal axial 'alinement, a rotatable stapling mechanismA'capable of select-ive positioning over a desired form and having itsshaft. arranged the basket forms, and means arranged in site horizontalrelation with each other for crowding stock on the forms.

2. In a basket machine, the combination of a pair of oppositehorizontally disposed nism 'arranged to be positioned over a desiredform, and a pair of oppositely disposed laterally movable followershavingt their axes in line with each other and with bl'e. basket forms,`ofa swinging stapling form, means for operating said stapling head, andfollowers laterally movable 4with reference tothe forms and having theiraxes disposedin line with each other and with 5. In a basket machine,the combination of a swinging stapling mechanism adapted to bepositioned over any form, means for operatlng said stapling mechanism,and laterally movable followers independently operable and movablelaterally with `respect to the basket forms for crowding the material 6,In a basketv machine, the combination with a plur lty of axially aliningindeswinging stapling mechanism having its shaft at right angles to theaxes of the forms andadaptedto be positioned over any form, means foroperating said stapling mechasaid stapling mechanism over each form, andmeans adapted to alternatelyadvance and recede in a horizontal plane andmovable laterally with respect to the'forrns for crowding material uponthe forms..

7. In a. basket machine, the combination with a plurality of basketforms, of asta-A pling mechanism adapted to: be. positioned over anyform with. its shaftat right angles 'to the axes of the forms, means foroperating said stapling mechanism, means fo-r positioning and lockingsaid. Vstapling mechanism over each form, ,and followers adapted toalternately advance'and recede'v toward said forms in opposinghorizont-al planes and operated independently-*ofthe form positioningmechanism .for crowding material vupon .the forms? 14 a:

j 8. In a basket; machine, the combination with a 'pluralit-y :ofoppositely disposed .basket forms, of a stapling mechanism adapted 'tobe positioned over any form with its shaftat right anglesto'the axes ofthe forms, meansfor operating said stapling mechanism, meansforpositioning and'lock- "ingsaid stapling mechani'smcver each form,

and ffollowers adapted to alternately ad- IVance/and recede toward saidforms in opposing Ihqi-rizontal planes and operated inependently o ft-he form `positioning/mechanism and movable laterally withrespectthereto for .crowding materialifiper 'the forms. i j

9. In a basket machine, thegc'ombiita'tion with a` base, of supportsrising therefrom, basket forms carried by said supports, a staplingmechanism mounted in .said supports wit-h its shaft at right angles tothe axes of the forms, operating means therefor,

and `followers .adapted to alternately advance toward and recede fromsaid forms opposite horizontal planes-forcrowding the f 4material uponsaid forms.Y f 10. In a basketl machine, the-combinatio-n,y

with a base, supports rising'therefrom,"fpp

ypositely disposed rotatable basket forms on said supports, a staplingmechanism rotatable in the supports, means tooperate said staplingmechanism, and followers adapted to alternately advance toward andrecede from said forms inopposing 'horizontal planesy for crowdingmaterialupon said forms.

1l. In a basket machine, the combination with a base, supports risingtherefrom,

basket forms rotatably mounted on said sup-.

ports, means for rotating eac-h form independently, a stapling mechanismswiveled in said supports, and adapted to be posil' tioned over eachform, operating means for said stapllng mechanism, and laterally movablefollowers Vfor crowding material upon,

the basket forms. if .12. In a basket machine, the combination with abase, supports rising t-herefr basket forms rotatably mounted on said sports, means for rotating each form indici-l pendently, a st-aplingmechanismv swiveled in said supports, and adapted to be posi-`pende'ntly, a stapling mechanism siviveled in said supports and havingits shaft at right angles to the axes of the foi'ins, and adapted to bepositioned over anyform, op-

erating means for said stapling mechanisim' means for positioning andlocking the 'stapling mechanism over each forni, and followers mountedon the base and movable laterally` with respect to the' forms forcrowding material upon the basket forms.

, 1.1i. In a basket machine, the combination with a base, supportsrising therefrom, basket forms rotatably mounted on said supports, meansfor rotating each form independently, a stapling mechanism mounted insaid supports, and adapted to be positioned over any form, operatingmeans for said stapling mechanism, means for `positioning andlocking'the stapliiig mechanism over each form, and independentlyoperated oppositely disposed followers mounted on the base and movablelaterally with respect to the forms forcrowding material upon the basketforms. l

15. In a basket machine', the combination with a base, supports risingtherefro'm, basket forms rotatably mounted on said supports, means forrotating each form independently, a stapling mechanism mounted on saidsupports, and adapted to be positioned over any form, operating meansfor said stapling mechanism, means for positioning'and locking thestapling mechanism over each form, independently operated oppositelydisposed means mounted on the base and movable laterally with respectVto t-he forms for crowding the material upon the basket forms, and workguidingy members mounted on the baseintermediate the basket forms andthe basketcrowding means.

1G. In a basket machine, the combination 'with a base, supports risingtherefrom,

basket forms rotatably mounted upon said` supports, means including adog and'ratchet mechanism for rotating`each form, a stapling mechanismmounted in said supports and aelaptedto be positioned over any form,means for lccking said stapling mechanism in position over any' forni,`means for operating said stapling mechanism, and folIoiv-' with a base,supports rising therefrom,

basket forms rotatably mounted upon said supports, means including a dogand ratchet mechanism for rotating each forni, a stapling mechanismmounted in said supports and adapted to be positioned over any form,means for locking said stapling mechanism in position over any form,means for operating said stapling mechanism, followers mounted upon thebase, and means including a foot lever-and connections for advancingandretracting the followers toward and from the forms.

1S. In a basket machine, the combination with a base, supports risingthere-from,

:basket forms rotatably mounted in Said supports, ratcliets in saidforms, dogs engaging said'ratchets, levers connected by links to saiddogs for operating the same, a stapling mechanism mounted in saidsupports, and capable of a swinging movement for positioning the sameover any form, means for locking said stapling mechanism invpositionover a desired form, means for operating said ,stapling mechanism,basketfollowers laterally movable with respect to said forms, and meansincluding levers andl connections for causing the followers to advancetoward and recede from the forms.

19. Ina basket machine, the combination with a base, supports risingtherefrom,-

basket forms rotatably mounted insaid supports, ratchets in said forms,dogs engaging 'I said ratchets, levers connected by links to said dogsfor operating the same, a bearing in'said supports, a stapling headmounted in said bearing, staple driving plungers carried by said head, ahammer shaft .reciprecally mounted in said supports, means forreciprocating said hammer shaft, means,- #for locking said staplin'ghead in position` over any form, basket followers laterally movable withrespect to the forms, and

means `for causing the followers-to advancev toward and recede from saidforms. y

20. 'In a basket machine, the 'combination with a base, supportsl risingvertically therefrom, basket formsrotatabl said supports, ratchets insaid forms, dogs engaging said ratcliets, levers connected by links tosaid `dogs' for operating said dogs and thus the forms, `a bearing insaid supports, a stapling'head mounted in said bearing, stapledrivingplungers carried-by said head, a. hammer shaft reciprocallymounted in said supports, means including a cranked gsliatt providedwith a clutch mechanism, a

connection between the crank of the sha-ft and the hammer shaft, and adriving agency connected to the cranked shaft for reciprocating saidhammer shaft,means for'loclring said stapling head in posit-ion over anyform,` basket followers laterally movable with respect to the forms, andmeans including levers and connections for causing mounted in thefollowers to advance toward and recede from said forms.

2l. In a basket machine, the combination ,v with a base, supports risingvertically from j connected to the cranked shaft for recipro- `eatingSaid hammer shaft, a lever pivoted.

to one ,of the verticalsupports and connected to said cranked shaftforcontrolling the reciprocation of -the'hammer shaft, means forlockingsai'd stapling head in position over anyfform, basket followerslaterally movable with respect to thefforms, and' means for causing saidfollowers to advance toward and recede fromsaid forms.

22. 'In a basket machine, lthe combination lwith a base, supports risingtherefrom,

basket forms rotatably mounted in said supports, means for rotating saidforms, said means comprising ratchets in said forms, dogs engaging saidratchets, and levers connected byflinks to said dogs for. operatingsame,a bearing in said supports, a stapling `head mounted in saidbearing, staple driving plungers carried by said head, a hammer shaftreciprocally mounted in said supports,means -including a cranked shaftprovided with clutch mechanism, a connection between the `crank of thecrank of the shaft andthe hammer shaft, and a driving agency connectedto the cranked shaft for reciprocating said hammer shaft, means forlocking said sta pling head in position, a lever pivoted to one of thevertical supports of the base and connected to said cranked shaft forcontrolling the reciprocation of the hammer shaft,

supports rising. from the base'on either side of `the central supports,shafts journaled therein, basket followers mounted on said shafts, rodspivoted to said shafts, crank disks connected to said rods, gearedverticalA shafts connected 'to said crank disks, ower shafts havinggears meshing with t e gears of the vertical shaftsv forrotating saidvertical shafts, clutch mechanism for said power shafts, and leversconnected to said. clutch mechanism for rocking same t0 lowers toadvance toward and recede froml vbasket forms on. said axes, arhammershaft arranged in the uprights at right angles to form, Vfollowersmounted on the base and ling the stapling mechanism, and means forrotatable forms, stapling mechanism adaptpermitthe power shafts to causethe folthe basket forms.

23. In a basket machine, the combination with a base supporting spaceduprights carryingoppositely disposed alining axes,

said axes of the basket forms, a stapling `mechanism carried by saidshaft and adapted to be positioned selectivelywover any havingoppositely disposed alining shafts` spaced by said'forms and hammervshaft from each other, means .for advancing and retracting saidfollowers, means for operatlocking said mechanism `over either-form, andmeans for imparting motion to the basket forms. l V24'. In ar basketmachine, a plurality of ed to be positioned selectively overany form,and devices mounted directly oppo- 'site'each other with their axesinlme with eachother and withthe axes" ofthe forms arranged to advanceand recede in the same horizontal plane` for crowding material upon saidforms.

25. In a basket machine, a plurality of rotatable forms, stapling.mechanism adapted tol be positioned selectively over any form, andfollowers of the same vrelative shape as the forms mounted directlyopposite each other with their axes in line with each other and with theaxes of the forms and arranged to advance and recede inv the same planefor crowding material upon said forms. n Y n 2G. In a basket machine,the combination with a base supporting spaced uprights, a`

"rotatablestapling mechanism mounted on 100 said base, rotatable basketforms-journaled in said uprights, spaced uprights rising t from the baseon eitherside of the central uprights, and material crowding followersjournaled in said uprights' andf ada ted to 105y alternately advancetoward and rece e'from the basket forms in the same horizontal planewith each other and with the basket forms. 'f

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature 110 is presence of twowitnesses.

' CHARLES HARLEY.

VVitnesses` I HERMAN KLEMM, J. C. JENSEN.

an .intermittent

